[Dx4win] Logging Time
The HELP file says the time is calculated from the time zones you put in the Windows operating system. My computer is on local time and the log is GMT and it automatically updates for Daylight Savings Time. In earlier versions you had some additional controls on time, but the present implementation (V7) seems to do it automatically. Judging by some of the time and date problems in very old paper logs, this is worth the price of the program alone!!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Mowers Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:04 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] Logging Time Is there a way to offset the log time from the computer clock so I can run the computer on local time, and log in GMT? 73, Dennis -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.4/282 - Release Date: 3/15/2006 ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] service
I believe Paul's support is extremely good. I would also like the Winkey support and would be willing to pay an upgrade fee to get it. I paid the last upgrade fee for the RTTY support, but have not had an antenna up since I moved so have not had a chance to use it yet, but felt the upgrade was a really good one. In my previous correspondence with Paul, he sometimes does not agree on the way I think something should work (colors and multiple qsl managers and sources), but has always been open to discussing them with me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Wullaert Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:28 AM To: DX4WIN List Subject: [Dx4win] service I was just reading this from the dx4win reflector..a review by ON4UN 19. Service This is another area where DX4WIN excels. You have a problem, a question or a suggestion, send an e-mail to either Steve Bookout , NJ4F or Paul van der Eijk, KK4HD. You are guaranteed an answer within 24 hours, as well as action. Let me illustrate this: when I asked Paul if he could possibly integrate a super check partial system using CT's MASTER.DTA file, he answered within 24 hours by sending me a Beta-version program which did it! No promises, but action! Why whe get no answer on suggestions ? Marc on4ma ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] QSL Managers
It would be a real benefit to have more than one qsl manager shown. 1) The one that came with DX4WIN 2) The one that came from the GO list 3) The one that the DX station gave me and I entered 4) The one that was there when I sent the qsl card. Preserved forever in the notes for this QSO. Since that is probably unreasonable, a different color for the source of the manager would be almost as helpful. The cost of qsling is so high that anything that would help this situation would be a worthwhile addition to DX4WIN. My work around has always been to try to put the actual station callsign in the notes for this qso, so it does not change from time to time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Zack Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:48 PM To: Jim Reisert AD1C Cc: dx4win reflector Subject: [Dx4win] Country files Jim, AD1C, has some very good update tips on his web site for when you are changing versions. But I find myself confused on the Country Files MERGE stuff. I just upgraded from 6.04 to 7.0. Jim says it is best NOT to merge country files unless you really have to so I did not do so. I just let ver 7.0 use the Country files that came with it. Using ver 6.04 I had sent out a bunch of QSL's. In doing so I found many of the QSL mangers listed in the country file to be inaccurate (I know, this has been discussed before). On the cards I sent out I
[Dx4win] labelprinter
DX4WIN always selects the default printer that was in effect when you started DX4WIN. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harald Kj?de Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 11:48 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] labelprinter After upgrading from windows 98 to XP I`m unable to print anything at all, I`m using dx4win 4.04 , im pretty dependent of printing labels for my QSL cards which I can't at the moment, it seems that dx4win is unable to remember printer selections and chooses the wrong printer unit.. even if the label printer is selected. My question is have anyone experienced this, should I reinstall 4.04 (i dont have the installer... so if its downloadable anywhere i would appriciate that... I do have a valid license for it) , or should i upgrade to the newest version?!. Regards and 73s LA9SN AL ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] QSL managers
It would certainly be nice (and save me a lot of postage) if DX4WIN could handle the following with background colors for multiple qsl managers: 1) Furnished with Program 2) Found in Go List 3) Added by me 4) Card was previously sent to this qsl manager. It would be nice if the previous date the card was sent was preserved when the card was marked for qsl a second time, since this date is normally lost unless you manually enter it in the notes for this qsl. If the program did this automatically, it would save a lot of work. Handle separate CW and Phone qsl managers easily. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Radivoj KAR
[Dx4win] ADIF Import of LOTW
That would be a wonderful addition to DX4WIN and you have described the necessary settings that would be useful. Although you can do replace existing data now, that is not nearly as useful as letting you be asked on a per-item basis. Since many people who send records to LOTW do not seem to know their zones, etc., a wholesale replace is not advisable and will quickly foul up the countries database exceptions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K2DBK - David Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:29 PM To: Jim Reisert AD1C Cc: DX4WIN List Server Subject: Re: [Dx4win] ADIF Import of LOTW I can see this being useful as an option, with settings like: -Imported data does not replace existing data -Imported data completely overwrites existing data -Imported data only overwrites missing data -User is asked on a per-item/per-QSO basis You listening Paul? :-) At 04:34 PM 1/22/2005, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: At 02:45 PM 1/22/2005, J. F. Samuels wrote: I expected that importing the LOTW records would update fields such as State, County and Grid when they are blank. Did I do something wrong? Is there a preference? It does not do that. Ask Paul if you desire this feature - some may not want it. 73 - Jim AD1C 73, David - K2DBK ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] External database verses qrz.com on the internet.
There are so many problems to doing that, it will never happen. Hundreds of DX stations have managers depending on date of qso or mode of qso, reassigned call signs, etc. If you are only talking about US stations, then it will work on most of them, but they seldom have qsl managers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe - WD?M Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jerry Dorsky; Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] External database verses qrz.com on the internet. A, but if you take a look at Logger 32, a freeware logging program, you'll see that it automatically looks up a callsign on the internet through QRZ.com and places it in your logging fields - automatically - no intervention required other than entering the callsign. Magic. Wish that would happen in DX4WIN. No CDROM, no steps required - just enter the callsignand it's free. 73, Joe WD?M At 12:39 PM 11/23/2004, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: --- Jerry Dorsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to DX4win. Could someone please tell me if there is an advantage to using an external database cd rom over qrz.com on the internet to pull up names and addresses? 1. The CDROM data is better integrated into DX4WIN. Using QRZ.COM takes too lookups vs one. 2. If the Internet is down, you're stuck! 3. By buying the data, you support the people who maintain it. 4. If you have the disk space, copy the CDROM data to your hard drive, and lookups will be FAST. You can open the F3 window and step from QSO to QSO and the data is updated instantaneously. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DX4Win and FT1000MP
Be absolutely certain that you have the CORRECT serial cable connecting your computer to the FT1000MP. I do not have the manual here since I moved, but it is a non-standard cable. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wanda_Jak Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:45 AM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win and FT1000MP Thanks to everybody who answered. My connection does not work yet, but w'll see soon. Something in my computer have to be configured in a wrong way. Best 73/88 yl Wanda SP7IWA ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
FW: [Dx4win] LOTW confused on how to even get started
Steve has a spam arrest filter returning all mail to you when you reply to him. Please don't ever send me mail if you operate your system that way. -Original Message- From: Wendell Wyly - W5FL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:31 AM To: 'KG5VK Steve' Subject: RE: [Dx4win] LOTW confused on how to even get started Simply set flags for qsl (set all of them first time), export to LOTW. When you import from LOTW, you have to use the import and SET FLAG ONLY. Unfortunately, Paul has not set DX4WIN to allow you to import the Country, State, Zone, etc., without blowing away the existing record contents. Maybe in the future, we will have a choice. The system works ok now, though. -Original Message- From: KG5VK Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:54 AM To: 'Wendell Wyly - W5FL' Subject: RE: [Dx4win] LOTW confused on how to even get started Is getting LOTW data and DX4Win log data in sync still complicated ?? Three simple steps on getting qsl'd and confirmed data in sync would be lovely IOW how to do this in three easy steps even possible Lost in the land of LOTW :) Steve KG5VK
[Dx4win] LOTW Upload Confirm/Submit/Awarded
NO! It is not even practical. ARRL did not use the same calls in their list that they had previously awarded for the DXCC awards. I had previously carefully entered the QSO that was approved by MODE and BAND as they were approved. When they went to LOTW, they used the most recent one that they had approved for you. The LOTW data does not include the information to know from each confirmed contact what award it was actually credited. The following is an example: CALL:5TX0DX BAND:320M MODE:3SSB QSO_DATE:82327 TIME_ON:6051106 QSL_RCVD:1Y QSLRDATE:820040516 DXCC:3512 CQZ:232 ITUZ:256 IOTA:5OC176 GRIDSQUARE:4QH90 eor This QSO was credited for BAND, but not for SSB Mode, but you cannot tell that from the QSL record. The actual credited information is available on the site, otherwise the award data could not be calculated on the ARRL website. Most of us have kept up with this information for many years and have it correctly stored in DX4WIN at this time. There are actually two parts to this, though. 1) The adif import for LOTW download (with INCLUDE QSL DETAIL block checked) could be improved in DX4WIN to allow import since LOTW records contain IOTA, DXCC Country, state, gridsquare, cq zone, itu zone, qsl date, and county data same as a paper QSL in addition to the confirmation and some of this data is only available from a QSL card unless we can get it from the LOTW record. Again, it would be a disaster if you could not check each and every piece of data before using it. Believe it or not, many stations DO NOT know their correct Zone, etc., and the LOTW QSL data is absolutely WRONG is these cases. 2) IF ARRL makes the WHERE CREDITED data available in the QSL downloads, then Paul might consider importing this data into DX4WIN, but it would certainly require a separate program to import this into the log AND ALLOW YOU to determine that you wanted to accept each and every piece of information as it would destroy old records that are more accurate (although now dated) than the LOTW information. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:31 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] LOTW Upload Confirm/Submit/Awarded While I suspect this is going to be a nightmare for a short time, does anyone know a trick for getting the ARRL LOTW Awarded information into your DX4WIN database? I completed the roundtrip to get my ADI download and import it using duplicate QSO sets Upload Confirmed which is great, but those are also Awarded and I can't seem to use filters (10m, Upload Conf = Y) to do a mass QSO update. So it seems like I need to do a Submission, which will be a mess since I would need to manually set every QSL that was previous done (prior to DX4WIN and LOTW, too). It feels like I have years of work ahead of me to get LOTW and DX4WIN in-sync, since DX4WIN will need me to specify the specific QSO that was submitted and awarded and that detail doesn't seem to be readily available electronically. Ideas? 73, Byron ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Contest capabilities.
Writelog is optimized for contesting. So many windows are different for contesting than for dx logging, that it seems rather impossible to do both really well. I don't like Writelog for dx logging and it does not keep dx records, but it is a fine program for what is was designed to do, as is DX4WIN. The contest mode in DX4WIN is ok for occasional working in a contest to log a few contacts and takes care of dupes.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of iz5fsa Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:32 AM To: DX4WIN Group Subject: [Dx4win] Contest capabilities. Just to switch on a LED!!! Why Dx4Win's programmers don't develop contest score capabilities to reach the top performance of the software? I think it would be better to use only one program then more than one (every contest have a specialized freeware software, or you must buy a new one)... I think it will be possible. Leo, IZ5FSA PS I'm a Dx4Win entuxiast user since release 4.5 !!! ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] What is the hold up?
The upgrade didn't cause me any problems. The upgrade from 6.01 to 6.02 to 6.03 was free. I have owned every single version since DX4WIN first came out and each and every upgrade was definitely worthwhile. www.ad1c.com has a detailed list of the upgrade hints for those who want a few more details on the upgrade. As far as I am concerned for dxers the best Logging Software is DX4WIN and WriteLog for contesters who need a windows platform. Both have excellent upgrade policies and DX4WIN is normally the easier of the two to upgrade and get running. This last upgrade includes one of the best country lists for dxers that I have ever seen. Jim (AD1C) with help from others has researched calls, dx-expeditons, re-assigned calls, etc., going back over 50 years and provided DX4WIN users with a free country list upgrade that is better than available with any other dx logging software. It also upgrades all of the IOTA data, and QSL manager data. Be glad the DX4WIN and WriteLog reflectors are there for those who need them. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Tilley Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:55 PM To: dx4win Subject: Re: [Dx4win] What is the hold up? Now you know why I'm still on 5.03, and plan to stay there. From what I've seen on this list, upgrading does little more than cause problems. No thank you. - David ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Installation Tips
Jim (AD1C) has good tips for installation on his website: http://www.ad1c.com/dx4win Jim also did a fine job on updating the country file which is included with the new 6.03 version of DX4WIN. It is so good that I would NOT merge your old country file as that will only make it worse, not better. He has also updated the QSL manager file, so that it is NOT necessary to merge the old QSL managers.
[Dx4win] Log File Transfer
Copying anything to CD's is not without problems. The files become read only files when you look at the properties, and you have to change them back to read/write files. Most logs and the save directory can be zipped and will fit on a 1.44 floppy. That is easy to move to the new computer and unzip in a backup directory. That said: I would run the old DX4WIN on the old computer and write the DX4WIN ini file to the save directory which is probably DX4W602/save. This saves most of your preferences. I would write the entire save directory to a cd, then write it back to a backup of the save directory on the new computer. Change all file properties in this new directory back from read only to read write. You original log will be in this directory as should be your call.key keycode for DX4WIN. Install the new program. Import the dx4win.ini file through preferences, copy your key file to the new save directory and copy your log to the new save directory. You should be good to go. The new country file is good enough that I would not import my old country file unless you want to import the qsl managers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bud Governale Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:23 PM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Log File Transfer I'm downloading 6.03 to a new computer. How do I transfer the log from the old computer (6.02) to the new one: 1. Copy the log file from the old computer onto CD and copy it into the save directory of 6.03 on the new computer? 2. Export the old log file to CD and import to 6.03 on the new computer? 3. Export the old log file to CD and merge to 6.03 on the new computer? 4. Copy the old log file to CD and merge to 6.03 on the new computer? 5. Copy the old log file and import to 6.03 on the new computer? 6. Export the old log file to CD and copy it to the save directory on the new computer? Same question for the cty file. 73, Bud W3LL [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] CW DXCC dilemma
I also asked about this several years ago; however, it really did not turn out to be much of a problem. Initially, I selected the valid qso's for submittal. The very few that were left were then simply marked as invalid and in the notes as invalid for CW DXCC. My cw qso's went back to 1955 and I only wound up with a handful of them marked as invalid. I doubt that it would be worthwhile for Paul to fix as I have been through the logic Paul uses for marking qso's for DXCC submittal and there simply are no dates in them. The logic is pretty straightforward and that is why the searches are so fast. I did not think of using my group selections, and I would not have had to mark a few cards as invalid. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Floyd Sense Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:41 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] CW DXCC dilemma If you use DX4WIN for tracking DXCC totals, I wonder how you handle this situation: A DX station (new country) was worked in 1973 on 40M CW. The station is credited by ARRL for the mixed DXCC, but not CW DXCC as the cutoff for CW DXCC is 1975. So the question is: how to mark the QSO so that DX4WIN shows it as checked for Mixed DXCC, but not checked for CW DXCC? I don't even want it to show up in DX4WIN as confirmed for CW, or I won't get an accurate spot color. What to do? 73, Floyd - K8AC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Differences of versions
If you downloaded the demo of Version 6 and can see no difference, then you may be happy with what you have. I would not be. Look at the help file in the demo version 6 and you will find over 11 pages that describe the differences starting at version 4. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Graham Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:52 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] Qth. Net' Subject: [Dx4win] Differences of versions SORRY! I forgot to change the subject! -- Having downloaded the new demo of DX4WIN (I am an owner of 3.05), I see no difference in the cosmetics of the program or too many feature changes. Can someone point me to a site or tell me the differences between the new version and 3.05 and why I might be persuaded to upgrade as my current version does exactly what I want it to do? :) 73 DE AI3W, Rick ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Auto Update
The program does not do either of those things at this time. It would be a nice feature, though. Lets also hope there is a LINUX version somewhere out there in the near future. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hamad, 9K2HN Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:10 AM To: dx4win Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] Auto Update Hi, I have just converted my log from Logplus to DX4win and every thing till now looks great, I do have a question how can I auto update my logbook from the callbook CD-Rom? to fill all the county field. and my second question is; in real time logging how can I update the qso automatically with the name, state name and county name? Thank you de 9k2hn Hamad --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Confused About Spot Prioritization
If you are working for 5 band DXCC, try a different approach. Work every spot you see that is priority 1,2, or 3. Turn off the modes for DXCC that you are not interested in such as digital modes and cw. Priority 1 is a new country that has never been worked before on any band, so you need all of those. Priority 2 is a new Mode, and for most of us that is a lot higher than a new band country, so you normally need all of those unless you do not work a particular mode, which you can turn off in preferences. Be sure that the DXCC tab in preferences is set for the modes, bands, and separate band awards that you wish to go for. The worked cutoff and mailed cutoff can be temporarily set to 20,000 to be sure that is not affecting the spots you want. There is also a button in preferences called DX alerts that affects the spots that you want. 5 Band DXCC normally comes to those that work and confirm countries routinely on the easy bands, then you spend all of your time counting the 40 and 80 meter confirmations, then eventually 12, 17, 30, and 160 meter bands. DX4WIN makes the record keeping effortless, though. With LOTW, the time to get the award should be much faster, but the cost is still high. p.s. you can change the color scheme of the spots, but I would do that only as a last resort. Setting preferences correctly is a much better way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stan Staten Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:28 PM To: DX4WIN Subject: [Dx4win] Confused About Spot Prioritization I guess I really don't know how to make the spot prioritization work for me. I have the following problems:
[Dx4win] DX4Win 6.x Questions
Question 1 and 2: You can change them back the way they were, and I did. I would think a line would be difficult to implement and would allow less spots for the same size window. Question 3. It is the priority of the spot and is not removable (although the column can be made small) Question 4. Check preferences and be sure it is pointing to the go list directory under external data in preferences. Question 6: Guess some of us have different opinions. Since F2 is now used for confirming a qso and Alt F2 is used for confirming an SWL qso, I personally think it would be very confusing to have an Alt F2 do anything. When I have a large stack of qsl cards and am using the F2 key to search and mark many qsls at a setting, the present use of F2 is really nice and fast to simplify what used to be a very tedious chore. Since I normally only use the Mark QSLs for labels for DXCC as a global marking, this works very well, but usually results in marking way too many qsls if you don't do it very often. I wish it would show me the redundant ones and their qsl managers and let me pick the one or two to send, but it is so MUCH better than manual methods, I doubt that a change to the software would really benefit many people. That said, Paul listens well, and then makes the decisions that he thinks will help the most DXERS (buyers) and implements those changes. I have owned DX4WIN since it started and it is still the best DXCC program out there. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Rosenberg Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:30 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] DX4Win 6.x Questions I've just upgraded from W98SE to W2KPro and migrated DX4Win from 5.x to 6.x Some questions re: DX4Win 6.x 1 - in the spots window, can I have lines between the spots? 2 - the default colors in the spot window seems to have changed... I can't remember what they used to be... does anyboody remember. 3 - what's the meaning of the number in the spot window and how can I remove it? 4 - I can't get the GOLIST function to work. F3 in the callsign window used to bring this up, but doesn't anymore. 5 - the tcp/ip connection. how can I get it to automatically log me in to a specific site and perform functions (i.e., log in, sh/dx, sh/users). I assume there's a script function possible, but am not sure how to go it. 6 - the single use/choice for F2 key has been an issue for me. I spoke with Paul about this at Dayton 2 years ago to no avail (although I thought he was interested!). My idea is that F2 is for mark for label and Shift-F2 is for confirmed -- I thought that would make sense, but apparently it's still on the list. Can anyone suggest a shortcut? Thanks in advance, Eric W3DQ Washington, DC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DX spot colors revisited
I doubt that Paul will ever make these colors user programmable for the priorities. I think the order you laid out for 1) never worked 2) never worked mode 3) never worked band will satisfy 90% of the DX community. The unconfirmed mode and band are neat touches, also. Paul spent a period of several months getting the never worked band as a reality, and that has helped me more than any other improvement in DX4WIN as getting bands worked for anyone chasing MIXED, PHONE, and CW (or RTTY) takes a lot of work without this improvement working properly. After a while there are not many never worked left. The logic used by DX4WIN is pretty straightforward and as best I can sort it out, depends on the priority order for the searches to be very quick (and it is). Yes, I agree with your order. I confirm DX to the ARRL requirements and do not care for having to work every band in all modes as that requires working Dxepeditions too many times, but there are those that want to work every band on both CW and Phone and RTTY. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:23 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX spot colors revisited I think I boiled the priorities down to three simple rules: 1. All-time never worked has the highest priority. 2. When both entities are unworked or both entities are worked but not confirmed, mode has priority over band. 3. When one entity is unworked and the other is worked but not confirmed, the unworked entity has priority over the worked entity. The priorities I suggested earlier seem to embody these requirements: 1 = never worked 2 = never worked mode 3 = never worked band 4 = unconfirmed mode 5 = unconfirmed band Does this make sense to everyone? 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Confusion over checked awards flags
ARRL treats them the same. You can probably work around the problem by doing a 5BDXCC submission, exporting the logfile, make a new log of just these qso's, do a regular submission so they will get marked correctly, then import them back to your log replacing the duplicate qso's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Floyd Sense Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:42 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net; Paul van der Eijk Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Confusion over checked awards flags Thanks, Paul. That makes sense and I considered that, but didn't find an explanation anywhere to that effect. Based on your comment, I guess I've got everything right after all! Thanks again. K8AC - Original Message - From: Paul van der Eijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Floyd Sense [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Confusion over checked awards flags Floyd, A five band submission is a one-time deal; DX4WIN does not keep a record of that. Paul At 08:14 AM 2/26/03 -0500, Floyd Sense wrote: OK - just about have this wrapped up, but with one remaining problem. I have all the counts correct and all the submission flags set off. If I now do a 5BDXCC submission, the window comes up showing all the QSOs to be submitted and they're all there OK. However, if I close that window and look at the DXCC summary report, the Submit column is empty. I expected to see the numbers there indicating the number of QSOs submitted for each band. If I do a regular submission, the Submit numbers are set properly. I've reset the Submit flags, restarted DX4WIN and tried the 5BDXCC again, but with the same results. Just can't get the Submit flags set for the 5BDXCC. Must be a simple answer? K8AC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Confusion over checked awards flags
First, be sure that preferences are set correctly for your station and DXCC modes. Look at a DXCC summary report. It should show how many countries you have Checked by ARRL for each band. Submitted is marked for those contacts automatically tha are included in the DXCC submittal. Let me know if you have any other questions after looking at my summary report for all bands and modes and yours. I just got back the report from ARRL for the 738 submittals I just made and they will be converted to Checked once I have gone through their comments. DX4WIN really works well on DXCC submittals. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Floyd Sense Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:45 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Confusion over checked awards flags Given enough time, I might be able to figure this out myself, but I'm sure one of you has already been through this so will just ask in order to save some time. I converted to DX4WIN about 18 months back and imported all my log data from the previous logging program (running 5.03 now). When I did that, I went through the QSOs that had already been credited for my DXCC and marked them all Checked in the Mixed DXCC award flags. So, when I look at the DXCC summary report, the right number of countries appear as Checked. Now it's time to submit for 5BDXCC and I attempted to prepare a submission, but DX4WIN tells me that it won't include 4 of the bands because I'm already credited for 100 countries on those bands, which is incorrect. So, I look at the DXCC listing report and take a look at the line for 3B6. It shows a C for the bands 30 through 10, because a QSO marked confirmed=Y exists with 3B6 on each of those bands. Only one of those QSOs has the DXCC Mixed awards flagged set to Chkd. It appears to me that DX4WIN is counting all such QSOs as Checked even though they have not been. Can someone tell me what I'm missing? All QSOs that have the DXCC Mixed awards flag set to Chkd show up as a * in the listing, and I assumed that DX4WIN would only count THOSE QSOs as already checked. All ideas appreciated! K8AC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/bmp The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html ---
[Dx4win] Print on Back of QSL Card
I don't think everything that you wish to do can be done by DX4WIN or any program for that matter. DX4WIN separates PSE and TNX qsls but not SSB and CW unless they have different qsl managers. I have room to print about 5 or 6 qso's on my cards and that is only a limitation of my cards. The main problem is to be sure you have a printer that will pull your qsls in from the short end and handle a stack of them. I use an EPSON 2000P which uses archival pigmented inks and they will last a long time and not fade. Your printer ink may not last forever. I use it to print all my qsl cards and it works just fine (V 6.02 that is). The info below is caused by me having to fool my printer, so you will have to experiment with the spacing, etc., but it works well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Clark Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 9:00 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Print on Back of QSL Card I want to print the label directly on the back of my 5 1/2w x 3 1/2t QSL cards. I would like to be able to print 8 to 10 QSO's on each card. How can I set it up in a custom label to do this. One thing is that it tries to print SSB contacts on one label and CW on another and I do not want to separate them. 73's Alan, N5PA ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/bmp The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html ---
[Dx4win] Duplicate QSOs
I would export the log in v4 format and then import it, setting the preferences not to import duplicate qso's. If the time is different, they will not be duplicates. Save a copy of your original log and your .cty file just in case something doesn't come out the way you thought it should. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:23 PM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Duplicate QSOs Hi, Within a DX4WIN log in version 5.02, what's the easiest way to search for and remove duplicate QSOs? Thanks, Rick WO8L Pfafftown, NC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Green on white spots
Gray is nice, then you turn off gray spots, and work someone else! -Original Message- From: Mel Martin (VE2DC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dave Jaksa'; 'Wendell Wyly W5FL'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Green on white spots Actually it's grey once you work it... Something I'm not sure I agree with... Think it should be black... Grey should be just those spots you have indicated you don't want to see at all... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mel Martin (VE2DC) Sent: February 6, 2003 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dave Jaksa'; 'Wendell Wyly W5FL'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Green on white spots If the same station is spotted that you've worked before... It should be black... If it's a different station it should be red... But I'm not sure which way DX4Win works... I'll have to test it... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: February 6, 2003 5:22 PM To: Dave Jaksa; 'Wendell Wyly W5FL'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Green on white spots It's hard to explain, but there are those of us who like to work every country on every possible band/mode combination. It's a sickness, I'll admit it. Here's how I think of the colors (sorry, no priority numbers for me): DU9RG is spotted on 40 meter CW. I have never worked DU on 40 meters, so the spot is bright red. So I work him for a new one. Now if DU9/N0NM is later spotted on 40 meter CW, the spot will be light red (worked but not confirmed on this band). Doesn't matter if it's spotted on SSB, same will apply, since it's not confirmed on this band. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Green on white spots
What you are missing is the recent changes in the DXCC program that now give credit for 18 separate DXCC awards. This is the game for many dxers. Modes for MIXED, PHONE, CW, RTTY are the primary awards up to and including DXCC Honor Roll. Bands from 160 meters to 2 meters and Satellite qualify for 5BDXCC and endorsements for an additional 6 bands as well as the DXCC Challange award. I am not aware of any of these programs that require you to work every mode on every band. That is what the green and white discussion has been about. Mode DXCC is band independent(there is not a 5BDXCC for PHONE or CW) - (thank goodness)! The details of the various DXCC awards that are properly tracked in DX4WIN are listed below: - 1. The DX Century Club Award, with certificate and lapel pin is available to Amateur Radio operators throughout the world (see #15 below for the DXCC Award Fee Schedule). ARRL membership is required for DXCC applicants in the US, its possessions, and Puerto Rico. ARRL membership is not required for foreign applicants. All DXCCs are endorsable (see Rule 5). There are 18 separate DXCC awards available, plus the DXCC Honor Roll: a) Mixed (general type): Contacts may be made using any mode since November 15, 1945. b) Phone: Contacts must be made using radiotelephone since November 15, 1945. Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. c) CW: Contacts must be made using CW since January 1, 1975. Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. d) RTTY: Contacts must be made using radioteletype since November 15, 1945. (Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and packet count as RTTY.) Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. e) 160 Meter: Contacts must be made on 160 meters since November 15, 1945. f) 80 Meter: Contacts must be made on 80 meters since November 15, 1945. g) 40 Meter: Contacts must be made on 40 meters since November 15, 1945. h) 30 Meter: Contacts must be made on 30 meters since November 15, 1945. i) 20 Meter: Contacts must be made on 20 meters since November 15, 1945. j) 17 Meter: Contacts must be made on 17 meters since November 15, 1945. k) 15 Meter: Contacts must be made on 15 meters since November 15, 1945. l) 12 Meter: Contacts must be made on 12 meters since November 15, 1945. m) 10 Meter: Contacts must be made on 10 meters since November 15, 1945. n) 6 Meter: Contacts must be made on 6 meters since November 15, 1945. o) 2 Meter: Contacts must be made on 2 meters since November 15, 1945. p) Satellite: Contacts must be made using satellites since March 1, 1965. Confirmations must indicate satellite QSO. q) Five-Band DXCC (5BDXCC): The 5BDXCC certificate is available for working and confirming 100 current DXCC entities (deleted entities don't count for this award) on each of the following five bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 Meters. Contacts are valid from November 15, 1945. The 5BDXCC is endorsable for these additional bands: 160, 30, 17, 12, 6, and 2 Meters. 5BDXCC qualifiers are eligible for an individually engraved plaque (at a charge of $35.00 US plus shipping). r) The DXCC Challenge Award is given for working and confirming at least 1,000 DXCC band-Entities on any Amateur bands, 1.8 through 54 MHz. This award is in the form of a plaque. Certificates are not available for this award. Plaques can be endorsed in increments of 500. Entities for each band are totaled to give the Challenge standing. Deleted entities do not count for this award. All contacts must be made after November 15, 1945. The DXCC Challenge plaque is available for $79.00 (plus postage). QSOs for the 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meter bands qualify for this award. Bands with less than 100 contacts are acceptable for credit for this award. s) The DeSoto Cup is presented to the DXCC Challenge leader as of the 30th of September each year. The DeSoto Cup is named for Clinton B. DeSoto, whose definitive article in October 1935 QST forms the basis of the DXCC award. Only one cup will be awarded to any single individual. A medal will be presented to a repeat winner in subsequent years. Medals will also be awarded to the second and third place winners each year. t) Honor Roll: Attaining the DXCC Honor Roll represents the pinnacle of DX achievement: i) Mixed: To qualify, you must have a total confirmed entity count that places you among the numerical top ten DXCC entities total on the current DXCC List (example: if there are 335 current DXCC entities, you must have at least 326 entities confirmed). ii) Phone -- same as Mixed. iii) CW -- same as Mixed. iv) RTTY -- same as Mixed. To establish the number of DXCC entity credits needed to qualify for the Honor Roll, the maximum possible number of current entities available for credit is published monthly on the ARRL DXCC Web Page. First-time Honor
[Dx4win] Lost everything
I am sure you are aware that DX4WIN keeps the last copy of a log with your log name.~xl, so loss of a log is normally not possible regardless of what happens. Simply keeping a copy of your save directory, zipped or unzipped takes only a second and my log is over 15,000 contacts and zipped will fit on a floppy. A simple ctrl c and ctrl v on the logfile and .cty file will always save a copy of your log using windows explorer. Sorry you did not know all of this before. The other files in the save directory should also be saved, particularily the .cty file. For only a few hundred contacts, you can right click the log window and print the entire log on paper in landscape on 4 or 5 pages. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:55 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Lost everything
[Dx4win] Moving Log file
You can simply install the new version and you are ready to go. There are four things that most of us want to do, though: 1) Move your old logbook where the new version will know what was in it and convert it to the new format. 2) If you wrote out all of your preferences before the upgrade, they are stored in a file called DX4WIN.ini (or whatever you called it). When you merge the .ini file, it puts all of your preferences (except those that were not previously used) into the new program so that you DONT HAVE to do it manually. 3) Over the years, you have probably made a lot of callsign exceptions (like K1B) and you can move all of those forward to the new version by simply merging the only country file. You (or I) would not want these things dones automatically as there are a lot of considerations to make when setting up the logging software and you probably DONT want to merge the IOTA database from your old system, since the new one is more current. You may want to keep all of your old QSL managers and addresses as they are important to you and the merge allows this to happen. 4) I want my old report files rather than the new ones and I had to put the $$ back in contest mode to record the exact frequencies for each contact, which I want to keep in my log. Paul give some good information on the upgrade process, and fortunately leaves the decisions to the DXer rather than the programmer, on exactly how the upgrade is to be accomplished. I certainly don't consider this starting over or doing it all manual. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of TG9AJR Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:19 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Moving Log file Importance: High Then why is called an upgrade if we have to do it manually ? And almost start all over again... Juan Carlos Munoz. TG9AJR [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:10:30 AM To: Roger Borowski; John Kjos; DX4WIN Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Moving Log le --- Roger Borowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Save the entire contents of your present /SAVE directory (folder) and overwrite the files in the new version /SAVE directory with your present files. This will maintain your present log as well as the .cty file, which contains all your log exceptions. It will also save all your present preferences and screen positions. Couple of things to mention here: 1. The Version 5 DX4WIN.CFG file is incompatible with Version 6. Copying it will do no good. You must go to Preferences in V5 and write the .INI file, then merge this into V6 from the same menu. Make sure to look at EACH preferences tab after doing this, as some of the settings don't transfer (like ICOM radio baud rate). Paul added some new awards flags, and those may not transfer properly either. 2. There were some changes to the DX4WIN.CTY file to corrrect county names. You will lose these changes if you over-write the V6 file with your V5 file. It's best to merge the CTY files, which DX4WIN should do automatically when you upgrade. 73 - Jim AD1C = Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win . --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/gif The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Additional Search Features
Please understand that WriteLog is a contesting program and not a general purpose logger like DX4WIN. You can easily convert each contest in WriteLog and import it in DX4WIN with a utility called WL2DX4WIN. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary McConville Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 10:22 AM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Additional Search Features Thanks for all the feedback. Looks like I'll use logconv for the past NAQP and start using writelog. Gary - WB4SQ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Additional Search Features
Writelog is good at generating Cabrillo. If you watch the writelog reflector, it is evident that an effort is required to generate the proper cabrillo file for each contest and sponsor. I built several Cabrillo files by hand for the ARRL contests and decided that WriteLog was a good investment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary McConville Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:26 PM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Additional Search Features I'm setting myself for a few shots but I'm still waiting for a cabrillo format on report saves... Gary - WB4SQ --- Paul van der Eijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don, It is all there in 5.03 already. 1. File preferences | QSO | Searching | QSO Date: select 'Range' 2. In QSO Window: F8 to start a search 3. Select 80M in the band 4. Select N for confirmed 5. Select 01/01/1950 or something for QSL date (indicates card has been sent) 6. Enter 01/01/2000 in the date and press Enter Because of step 1, you get a prompt for the ending date; enter 01/01/2003 If the logbook window is open, you will see a list of all QSOs matching your criteria; PgUp and PgDn in the QSO Window will show you the different QSOs. There is a lot more you can do with searching; read the on-line help and the user's guide about filters, selections. Also check Mailed cutoff and worked cutoff in File | Preferences | Personal. Paul At 03:51 PM 1/24/03 -0500, Don Prater wrote: Paul, I was wondering if you got my post on providing additional search feature for DX4WIN? Being able to use the attributes in the country window W,M,C,S,and checked? Perhaps they could be included as options in the reports generator in the Summary Report. The ability to search a predetermined time frame. Example: Search for QSOs on 80 meters mailed but not confirmed from 1/1/00 to 1/1/03. 73...Don ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Newbie question
DX4WIN will do a multiple marking of qsl card sent and will mark them with the date of the qso. To use this, you need to get all of these contacts in the filter (not necessarily an easy task if they are not within a date range). You can mark one date, do a ctrl a on that field, and then paste that date into each previously sent qsl card in the qso window. Otherwise, you are better off to export the log, put it in EXCEL, mark all of the dates you want to and then put it back in DX4WIN with a little manipulation to get a space deliminated file and build a import filter. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Kopp - KOPP Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:34 PM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Newbie question Is there a way to enter that a QSL has been sent, WITHOUT entering a specific date? I'm the guy with 12K+ manual entries under way and I have no idea when most QSL's were sent ...only that they were. In most cases they were stockpiled and sent to bureaus at intervals. I suppose a ghost date could be entered ..?? I think a simple SENT field with Y/N would be better than having to enter a specific date. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] New Install Won't Open
I would try downloading the program into a directory different from the install directory. The download is about 2.5 megs and it creates two files when unzipped that have to be in the same directory (they are intended to be put on two floppies where needed). Then run the dx4win.exe file and allow it to install in the recommended directory. You need to give a little more information as there are thousands of new installs that work correctly, if that is what you did. The basic things that you need to do when changing computers is to write down each and every com port with irq, baud rate, and protocol as wellas any parallel port used with what is was hooked to so you can get the new one to the same condition. It is normally better if you turn off all radio control, tnc inputs and set all of the controls to off in preferences, then export the dx4win.ini file. With the new configuration you input the .ini file and make the correct preferences for radio control, tnc, cw keying, etc. Did you do a clean new install of an operating system on the new computer? Had it ever had dx4win installed on it before? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:42 PM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] New Install Won't Open I just replaced the QSLing computer with a newer one, installed DX4WIN 5.03 from a fresh download. It won't open. I get a splash of the DX4WIN logo and a quick look at the logging page and then the program just goes away. Any suggestions? Many thanks, Bill K6KM ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Managers adresses?
How about File/Databases/QSL manager addresses?? This puts them in the dx4win.cty file which is stored normally in the save directory. The .cty file also stores all of the exceptions for countries, zones, qsl managers, etc. It is a very important file to always preserve through importing it into the latest version that you get with DX4WIN. Anyone who simply takes someone elses file will never have the file correct for their own use. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michel Sabatino Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:49 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Managers adresses? Hi. Where are the manager adresses stored? In directory \save ? Which file? Thanks in advance. Michel, IZ5CLJ - EA8AFJ. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Frequency entry in DX4WIN
The program already keeps the exact frequency now! Simply put a $$ in the field that says text to add to qso note in the QSO/Contest Mode Window. The exact frequency including split frequencies will go into the Notes for this QSO and look like this: 21,021/21,025KHz Pretty slick and you won't have to wait for the next release. The program logic is extremely well done. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike and Alicia Fanning Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 10:47 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Frequency entry in DX4WIN Hello all. Newbie to the list here. I am currently researching DXWIN vs. DXbase for a Christmas present to myself, and was wanting some advice. I would like to enter frequency information in my log in addition to (or in place of) band information. I have downloaded the DX4WIN demo, and I don't see any way of doing this other than adding the info in the comments field. Is there a field that can actually be dedicated to frequency info? Thanks for the help, -Mike, K4GU --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.--- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Label layout?
Use the File/Databases/Labels and select one of the two custom labels that you can customize. I use one for my labels and one for printing directly to qsl cards. Use a blank piece of paper to check how the print layout is working until you get everything right. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:31 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] Label layout? I'd like to use Avery 5261 or 5159 labels for those occasions when I confirm numerous bands / modes for a DX callsign. When I enter the Avery number in the label manager, the preview shows the correct label number in terms of dimensions, but the layout is not altered and there is lots of wasted white space to the right of the standard (small) label layout. How do I alter the layout? I don't see anything in the manual about the ability to actually rearrange the entire label layout process, i.e. a label layout or configuration tool.
[Dx4win] DXCC Award Submission problem
That is true now, but I just sent ARRL over $100 with my submittal last week, which included re-submitting many many cards that had been previously submitted and ARRL did not record the band until several years ago. ARRL does not accept less than 100 cards with the first submittal. I believe they have dropped the minimum cards that have to be submitted. DX4WIN also credits you for MIXED, BAND, and MODE for any card that you submit IF you have the DXCC preferences set up correctly. I do not know what you would want the author to fix. The program won't submit cards automatically (like my 30 meter cards) where I only have 91 confirmed until I get 100 or more. If you don't tell ARRL which qso's to credit, you will be charged for each and every qso on the cards you submit, whether you have already paid for them previously. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duane A Calvin Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:51 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DXCC Award Submission problem Unfortunately, in 5.03 the authors have not yet fixed that problem. I got confirmation from the DXCC desk twice (Bill Kennamer, and Bill Moore) about how the counts are done (and have been for the past 10 years), but the last time we discussed it, the authors' interpretation of the DXCC rules did not match what the ARRL says they practice. Hopefully that will change in the next version. In short, if you submit a QSL to the ARRL for credit, you will be credited for the MIXED, BAND, and MODE for that QSO. There is never a need to resubmit that QSO again. This is where I spend an evening or two reconciling my DX4WIN listing against
[Dx4win] Printing Log pages?
If you really want to print a paper log, the best thing to do is write your logbook as a comma deliminated file, then open it in EXCEL. Fix it just the way you want it and print it out of EXCEL. That way you can control margins, type font and sizes, etc and get lines drawn on the page, titles, footers, page numbers etc. I have a small log compared with many and my log would print over 500 pages. I choose to keep mine on cd rom for safety. You can set the log up in the logbook window to get the correct amount of columns by how you arrange the report editor and logbook window. The set the paper to landscape and it does a credible job IF you have used the filter to limit the amount of qso's to be printed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:04 PM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] Printing Log pages? I'm just new to the program, but feel I have developed a fairly good grasp of its functionality over the past week. Importing my log from the previous logging program worked flawlessly. In attempting to print a few pages from my new DX4WIN logbook I notice there doesn't appear to be any control over page setup for printing -- it this correct? The left margin is about 0.75 but the right margin seems to be non-existent. The logbook layout that I've created extends off the printed page -- how do you force the page to either recognize a right margin or size your logbook to fit nicely on a page? There appears to be no controls for this setup. The printer is an HP 4 and I'm setup for landscape printing. Any and all help would be appreciated. 73 de Paul, VE7AVV StoneyGround Station -|**||**||**||**||**||**||**||**|- All email from this address is checked by Norton AntiVirus 2002 ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] CTY Updates
The basic country file (dx4win.cty) has not changed since the 5.03 version that included Ducie Island. The bad news is that a country file for dxing must reflect your own logbook and be maintained by you as you work different countries. My country file has all of my personal exceptions going back to 1955, but it is different than someone else who has been dxing for the same amount of time. The program has the capability to import your old country file each time a new country file is distributed so you can add all of your personal exceptions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:11 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] CTY Updates How do I locate a very-current country file for DX4WIN? Byron ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Ducie Island
It is only listed once in my .cty file as VP6/D. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Branch Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:31 PM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Ducie Island Greetings, I noted that Ducie Island is in my country database twice--once as VP6/D and the second time as VP6D. Which one is correct?
[Dx4win] Group Names was changing my call sign: dx4win questions...
There is an easier way. If you go to preferences where I have set the labels tab to print the greeting as@@ 73 de %% email [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will automatically print PSE or TNX QSL, 73 de Group Name Call and then my email address. If you have a vanity call then the correct call will be printed on the label if you name the group name correctly. My group names include the location, so mine will print W5FL Weatherford, Texas for all calls from my present qth and W5FL Jamul, CA for all calls from my California QTH, and all other qths and calls that I have previously used. Do the same thing for swl greeting Thanks SWL report de %% The group names is a wonderful feature and not used by enough people. It is also very powerful since the same calls window shows the group names and then you can always print the qsl card correctly for more than one call or location. It helps if you have more than one call to stick the label on a QSL card with the correct call in case the receiving ham did not read the label carefully enough. I have never tried sending a card from more than one group name, but for PSE and TNX being different, the program is smart enough to print the information on two qsl cards. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Gauthier Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 5:57 AM To: Ken Brookner; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] changing my call sign: dx4win questions... Ken, I did three things when my vanity call arrived: 1. Set a group with the previous callsign - so the group name said as WB8BGO. This is very helpful when entering a QSO-in-progress. You can look in the same call window and you can see whether you worked him/her before, and under which callsign. During the QSO, you can immediately say (or type or send... ;-) we've worked 3 times before, twice under my previous callsign and once under my new vanity call... or whatever. Don't rely upon your memory or math skills to figure that out during a QSO... gets worse as time passes ;-) 2. Modified my QSL label printing comments to say previously WB8BGO - so when I print a card for any QSO, it has this little comment on it. _IF_ this card involves multiple QSOs, split between the new and old callsigns, I will use a highlighter, and highlight the previous callsign comments, then highlight the QSO that involved the previous call. 3. This might sound a little corny, but I entered a new QSO with myself and my new vanity callsign. I created a log entry on the date I started using my new callsign. Whenever I'm trying to remember when I switched callsigns, I press F8, enter my callsign, and see the date of the QSO. (ummm... to avoid any award confusion, you can press F5 a few times and enter this QSO as an invalid contact in the ValidDX field.] -larry K8UT - Original Message - From: Ken Brookner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 12:52 AM Subject: [Dx4win] changing my call sign: dx4win questions... I'm making the switch to a vanity call and I've been thinking about how to handle this with my log. I assume that one thing I can do is to just partition the log into a group of the old call and a group of the new one. how about sending qsl card requests--like old ones that I need at some point, or answering a qsl request? I guess the only thing I'll need to do is make sure that I don't batch print requests to both calls at the same time and then manually change the info printed on my labels. anyone have any experience with running dx4win and then either changing to a vanity call or upgrading and getting a new call assigned? I'm interested to hear how you handled this. tnx 73 kenb, n5lpi Ken Brookner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] QSL Method All Messed Up!!!
I'm sure if you can describe the exact logic in what you want, Paul might consider programming it if he feels that it will help other users. The way it works now, is that you select an award that you are trying to get, then it lets you pick how you want to qsl for that award. You are allowed to pick the number of days since you qsl'd before, and DX4WIN will qsl them again depending on how you select for the qsl to be sent. This is different for mode, country, and new band, and sends a card to all possible contacts that fit your criteria. If you are a contester, it may send out more cards than you intended. This works for me the way it is, but you can select each qso and mark them individually. If you set the F2 key to mark them for a label D'direct, then everytime you hit the f2 key, that qso will be marked for a label Direct. There are several options for the F2 key, so read them carefully so you will not also confirm a qso with it also. I don't agree that the QSL method is all messed up, but I sometimes wish it had a little more logic in it to help optimize getting a confirmation with the least number of QSL's sent, which normally would be via a manager in the states for me as a first choice, a manager overseas as a second choice, and direct overseas as a third choice. The F2 key is designed to easily handle bureau cards and allows you to simply hit one key to confirm the contact and mark the label to return the card via the bureau. Nice feature. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Boerner Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] QSL Method All Messed Up!!! ok.. so I'm a dummy. It does change the method. But, is there anyway to get it to do what I want it to do? i.e. Find QSLs for awards but not change the method, but mark them label Y. -bmb Brian Boerner wrote: I have some additional information and another question. It appears that Mark for QSL is changing the QSL Method. Here's what I did: 1. Selected Labels-Mark for QSL 2. Selected DXCC Mixed: Direct 25wks Mode: Direct 25wks Band: Direct 25wks I previously had NO DX QSOs which had a method of Direct unless they have a USA Manager. So, after clicking OK it reported that there were 268 QSOs modified. Then I ran a filter on !K prefix stations with direct as the method, and sure enough they were all converted to direct. Is this how this is suppose to work? I was under the impression that this would only find QSLs and get them ready. What I really wanted to happen was for it to find all the !Ks that I have USA mgrs for, i.e. direct QSL, and then resend those. I didn't want it to change Buro to Direct if I haven't heard from them in 25 weeks. I'll just send another card if it's longer than a year. I'm assuming it's reading the date field and saying, Anything longer than 25 weeks, convert to Direct and setup for QSL label. This also works the other way around for WAS and WPX, etc. What I really want it to do is search the log for DXCC with the above criteria and mark them as send again via buro, not send again but this time direct. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm just having a bit of trouble getting this to bend the way I want it. Please let me know if I'm not making any sense here. Cheers! -Brian 73 de W2SUQ/1 Brian Boerner wrote: Hi Everyone. It appears my QSLVIA is all messed. I believe that my import from DXBASE didn't work very well. As you know, DXBASE doesn't have an export to ADIF utility built in, so I had to use a third party app to get the job done. After some editing to force the file to conform to the spec, it looked OK to me. However, my QSLVIA is pretty messed up and I'm looking for some suggestions on how to fix a large number of QSOs easily. Example 1: Most of my US stations have the QSL Method marked for the Buro. I obviously want K stations to go direct. I can filter on the K prefix and Buro method, is it possible to now switch all of these over to direct? I looked at the Change QSL Routing, but it doesn't appear to do what I want. It wants to work the other way around. Example 2: Many of my non K prefix QSOs appear to have direct as the default method. Being cheap, I would prefer to give the Buro a shot first. Obviously some QSOs I'll mail a card for with a SASE but that's really only for DXpeditions, etc. I can handle those on a case by case basis, or if a year or so goes by. So far, the only way I've been able to get this to work is to just apply the filter and evaluate on a QSO by QSO basis. As you can imagine, this is quite a tedious task and very time consuming. Any help would be greatly appreciated. On a side note, I don't have a printer hooked up to my station computer, is it possible to just transfer the log to another machine and print them from there, or do I also need to transfer additional files?
[Dx4win] DX4WIN and WinXP problem?
Did you close DX4WIN first? You must shut down DX4WIN before hitting shut down for the computer (and save your log when requested). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barry Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:18 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and WinXP problem? Hi all, I recently upgraded computers, which included a change from Win98 to WinXP (Home). I am having a problem with WinXP shutdown, where the system hangs at the Windows shutting down screen, and I have to unplug the computer to actually power down. It happens intermittently, and I'm trying to figure out which app. may be causing the problem. While I'm not certain, I believe it only happens when I've had DX4WIN running prior to shutdown. Has anyone else had similar trouble? Tnx, Barrty W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] radio timed out
Set poll rate to 1000ms and max tries to 6. Mine won't time out unless I turn the radio OFF with DX4WIN running. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 3:50 PM To: DX4WIN@MAILMAN.QTH.NET Subject: [Dx4win] radio timed out i just seem to get timed out a lot with the rig a ts570.i should just go to radio then start radio, but does not work. there has got to be a setting that
[Dx4win] Printing Labels ONLY?
Unfortunately, it takes a work around for this. I export the qsl manager addresses, then import a null qsl manager file that only has my call and address to overwrite the old file. Print the cards or labels and there will be no addresses, then import the original qsl manager addresses and you are back in business. Wish I could print my qsl cards directly without the manager labels and then print the manager labels all together, but haven't figured out how to do that, yet. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Rosenberg Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:58 AM To: ON4AOI; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Printing Labels ONLY? Guy -- thanks, I want to print the QSL manager information on the card, but not the address on a second (usually the next) label. It seemd to me that when I did as you suggest, both pieces of information go away. Eric W3DQ At 05:26 AM 6/7/02 +, ON4AOI wrote: when you start with LABELS | PRINT QSL LABELS| UNCHECK the first tab Print Qsl Managers 73 Guy ON4AOI BAND DECODER and related stuff at http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/banddecoder.shtml DX4WIN soft and related stuff at http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/dx4win.shtml DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B RITTY CW RTTY interfaces at http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/keyer.shtml ARSWIN link and related stuff at http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/web7.htm DXTELNET soft and related stuff at http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/dxt.shtml MY SALESPAGE with radioamateur computer parts http://users.skynet.be/ON4AOI/sale.shtml - Original Message - From: Eric Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:56 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Printing Labels ONLY? I want to print labels but not the QSL Manager's addresses. I can see that I can turn off lots of other things, but not that... or am I missing something? Eric W3DQ Washington, DC ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Printing Labels ONLY?
And that is the problem when you are trying to print directly on QSL cards. DX4WIN does not have a checkbox that allows the cards to be printed via the qsl manager without also printing the address label (or printing the qsl manager addresses seperately on labels or preferably envelopes. I threw away 37 cards ysterday that were printed with the QSL manager address (because I forgot to do the work around). I needed the addresses to be printed on an envelope or label and not the QSL card. Once you find out how you can print all of the label information directly on a qsl card, you will not print labels again. I find that I get more and more QSL cards that the qso information is printed directly on the card. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Gauthier Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 6:34 AM To: ON4AOI; dx4win@mailman.qth.net; Eric Rosenberg Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Printing Labels ONLY? Eric, You can easily accomplish what you want to do without any unusual workarounds, but you need to understand what Paul is trying to accomplish with QSL printing. There are two sets of data interacting here - the first is whether you have the Print QSL managers box checked, the second is whether you have the Method set for DIRECT or BURO. I want to print labels but not the QSL Manager's addresses. I can
[Dx4win] Help Error Msg w/ AMD Computer
I would never upgrade a system that way. The best way for a lot of reasons is to start with a clean, formatted hard drive and first re-install the operating system, then all of the programs one at a time. You will need to have the old .ini file, your log file, and .cty file to get the re-installed version of dx4win up and running. The problem you are having now is more than likely due to the difference in com and lpt ports and their IRQ assignment between the old and new system. This causes IRQ conflicts and all sorts of blue screens and freezes. The worst offenders are sound, modem, and network cards that can crash your system. The easiest way to troubleshoot the problem is to remove every card out of the system except the display board, get dx4win working, then install the boards back one at a time with the sound card last. This is not even foolproof unless you can disable the so called Plug and Play bios which can undo things faster than you can fix them. Although DX4WIN will run without any com ports, most users are at least using a com port for a tnc or radio control and possibly an lpt port. Good luck. I think the problem your friend is having has little to do with DX4WIN and a lot to do with the initial computer set up and software installation. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RCARIELLO Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:31 AM To: Dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Help Error Msg w/ AMD Computer Hello to all, Sending this message for a friend Running Win4DX version 4.07. Just upgraded the computer to a AMD 1Gig w/112Meg Ram. Running Windows 98 second edition. Put the hard drive from the old computer into the new machine. All the other programs seem to be working OK. Getting Error Access Violation message, then computer freezes up when trying to run Win4DX. Thanks, Rich AA2MF ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] how many files
No. The bad thing about computers is that they only do what you tell them. Go in with Windows Explorer and see what kind of a file structure you have under DX4WIN. Normally there would be only one SAVE directory. I would attempt to be certain that you only have one logfile and one country (.cty) file that are normally active for logging. I always keep a copy of my log in addition to the active copy as well as a copy of the .cty file just in case I need to back up to a previously saved log. Rename the other save directory as save.old and see if the number of qso's in your log (FILE/info) is the same as you would expect. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of n3drk Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:34 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] how many files When i double click on the save directory there are 9 files but not my log. Just the kk4hd sample log file. But when i double click on the save file again, there are 16 files in that which has my log file and another kk4hd sample log. Is this normal? It seems i have triplicates of some files. Do the rest of you have two save directorys with files also? thanks in advance john ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] confirming
Select reports/change award flags then change to dxcc in top box and bottom box to change submit to checked. You may have to do this more than once to get proper dxcc band, mixed, and mode changed properly. You should also study the sheet the ARRL sent back and be sure you took proper band credit, mixed credit, and mode credit the same as they have marked for each qsl. If you did the submittal correctly, they should all match without any further effort and all cards that were approved should now have been changed to checked. Always recommend that you save a copy of your log and your .cty file anytime you are going to change several hundred records just so you could easily start over. You will need the save your log after you are through working on the changed to checked. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of n3drk Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:11 PM To: dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] confirming i submitted some qsls to the league and got them back...how do i go and change the submit to confirm? It showing confirmed on the qso window but in the dxcc country list it shows not a c but an s thanks in advance john ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Printing Logbook
Be sure you have set QSO in preferences to Range. Simply Hit F8 and enter start date for the portion of your log you want. The range box comes up and enter the last date you want. The log will display the range of dates. Right click the logbook window and select print. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of T.M. Rose Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:25 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Printing Logbook Does anyone know how to print sections of the logbook? Have looked and can't seem to find an answer. Thanks, Tom k0zm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.--- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] inport files
Simpliest way is to do an ADIF export from Writelog and do an ADIF import to DX4WIN. Be sure to save your original log in Writelog and DX4WIN so you could recover from a bad error. The import of ADIF files is not real good and there is a program listed in the ARCHIVES that works a lot better. I have attached the original message so you don't have to hunt for it. This program works much better than the simple ADIF export and import. Much better. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pawel, SP7PS Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:02 AM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] Import Contacts from WriteLog to DX4WIN Hello Friends, A year ago my friend, Marek SP7DQR made small, nice program to convert ADIF file from WL to import smoothly into DX4WIN. You can add your comment and it will be placed in Comment in this QSO field. The program is available on my page http://www.bonus.com.pl/hams/WL.html . Best 73's Pawel, SP7PS ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:31 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] inport files hi name here is phil, and want to inport a log file from writlog to dx4win. both are the latest ver. i am new to both programs so i hope there is a easy way to do this, and not foul it up.thanks for any help i can get. forgot to say i am running ME on this comp. phil w3gt ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Backup logs
But WriteLog will! Yes, DX4WIN is one of the few programs that supports LPT01 keying under Windows 2000 (WriteLog does not directly), but I use the serial port with Writelog and hopefully DX4WIN will soon allow using a separate serial port for CW keying and PTT. This will allow the PSK31 plugin to work properly with PTT. I save the log after every qso or so, and backup the log and .cty file to a secondary drive as well as keep CDR copies. Even without all of these backup precautions, I have NEVER lost a log in DX4WIN or Writelog (which I import into DX4WIN) even when I had a Compaq Athlon 500 that was very buggy from the factory and crashed daily until Compaq changed the bios and several programs. One of the main reasons that Windows 2000 and NT are so stable is that they DO NOT ALLOW any program direct I/O access. Impossible to blue screen unless you have a buggy driver (and there are some). This makes the old DOS programs unworkable IF they make direct I/O calls. If they installed a proper driver and used it, they work just fine under Windows 2000 also. Alt-S ensures that your last contact is properly saved to the log, although it is saved to the temporary log based on the time you set in preferences. I wish there was an option to automatically do a Alt-S type save every time you hit enter. There are pros and cons with this, and I have discussed them with Paul before, but I still wish I had this option. Writelog, however, does the same as DX4WIN in that it keeps a running save and it prompts you to do a complete manual save every 25 qso's or so. Have never lost a qso with it either, so that process seems to work well on both DX4WIN and WriteLog. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Smith Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:34 AM To: Wendell Wyly W5FL; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Backup logs At 09:06 PM 5/2/02 -0500, Wendell Wyly W5FL wrote: What kind of computer and operating system are you running to have that much trouble? DX4WIN is solid as a rock. I am running Windows 2000 Professional on a home build Athlon machine. I agree that DX4WIN is very solid, and Wendell has probably made an excellent choice with Windows 2000 Pro for OS stability. Unfortunately, not all software will run properly under 2000, particularly DOS programs like TRLog. Between RFI, power dips and OS issues with Win98SE, there are lots of good reasons for a serious backup routine. The only thing I would add is to use Alt-S whenever you've made a good one. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database at www.pvrc.org ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Backup logs
My first advice to you until you get your computer to work is to print out a copy of your log on paper. Right click the log and print and you will have a permanent copy. Do the same thing each day by searching on the present day or the day before or the week before if you do not make a lot of contacts, right click and you can print the last days log. Save a copy of your log and .cty file each day on a floppy disk and rotate them. Copy your log each day to either a cd rom along with the .cty file. This will give you a permanent copy of your log and save each day under a new date on the directory on the cdrom. Save your log regularly with the save command. If you have a crash, save that log with the present date followed by a letter suffix. As soon as you save it, compare it with your log. One of them will contain the latest contacts. Until you get to where you are comfortable with DX4WIN and your computer, you may also want to save a copy of the backup file just in case you make a mistake. To find the backup log, simply do an open for the name of the file you just saved. It would normally be in the SAVE directory under DX4WIN. It is important that you check each of the 13 files, particularly the last day or so of contacts. I use the FILTER/COUNT to get a qso count, but you can do the same thing by looking at the FILE/INFO for each of the saved logs. Since you did not correct the logs when you had the problem, you will need to print out the last page of each file and then compare that with your regular log. If you find a qso that is not in the log, select QSO/ADD OFF LINE. After you do this, your log will be up to date and it is easy to keep it that way. What kind of computer and operating system are you running to have that much trouble? DX4WIN is solid as a rock. I am running Windows 2000 Professional on a home build Athlon machine. There is NO need to buy any other software to ensure that your log is always saved. All programs that do an incremental (packet) save to a CD ROM are not as reliable as saving your log on a floppy disk as they do not build a catalog of the disk contents until you close out the disk. A single scratch can cause you to lose months of data on a CDR that is packet written and they are sometimes destroyed by a power failure while the packet disk is in the disk drive. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:15 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Backup logs Unfortunately, my computer now and then just resets itself for no discernible reason. So, when I turn it back on DX4WIN prompts me to save the unsaved QSOs to a different backup file, which now number 13. How do I find those and get them into the log? The answer is probably in the instruction book, which I have, but I can't find it. As you have discerned, I'm not very computer literate. And if I'm reading this reflector correctly, I find it depressing that I have to buy yet another program in order to back up DX4WIN to a CD/RW. Thanks for the help. 73, Dave Bell, W6AQ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.--- ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] printers for printing on QSL cards
My cards are set up to take an average size label (clear) in the lower right hand corner or to print directly on the individual cards. You can print up to six or so qso's per card this way. The pre-printed qsl's are one color on colored stock from W4MPY and are less expensive than printing the entire card on an inkjet printer. I use DX4WIN version 5.02 as I had a problem with the current version printing the first card correctly and subsequent cards wrong. I have used an old Deskjet 712C, but like the later model Epsons which will print closer to the edge of the cards. I am using an Epson 2000P photo printer which prints with archival pigmented ink that does not fade with time. I can feed a stack of about 1/2 inch or so and put a new stack on when that one runs out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Himwich N3HXQ Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:53 PM To: Dx4win Subject: [Dx4win] printers for printing on QSL cards Hi, Does anyone know a good printer for printing on QSL cards directly? My injket printer will feed QSL cards but only a few at a time and it tends to jam and/or misfeed. I am hoping that there are some printers more suitable for the task and that work well with DX4WIN. Thanks in advance, Ed K3PN ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Filtering and DXCC Award Submission
If in entering the data, when it said do you want to submit this card and you put those in a separate box, then the submission will match your box. Save a copy of this log and your .cty file so you can back up to this point if you need to do so. If you did not separate them, then just clean ALL submission flags, and when you do a DXCC submission, being sure you have all the boxes checked correctly in the DXCC preferences. It will take the LAST received (not the first) for each country for submission. If you have previously submitted cards to DXCC, then you will have to do a manual entry for CHECKED for each one. Only once does this happen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Albers Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:24 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Filtering and DXCC Award Submission Hi all @ DX4win; I have read all the help files. I am not clear on filters and awards. I have entered all my paper logs into DX4Win. I have imported all my contest files that will import. I have also entered all the cards (700+) that I have received. As I was entering the cards, I was using the F2 key to check on DXCC award status. I am not sure that I did that correctly in the beginning. If I reset the DXCC submission flags, can I filter or sort my log to pickup the first QSO that shows confirmed from each DX country in my log and set its award flag to Submitted? If this doesn't work, any tips on this area would be great. Thanks 73 Michael Albers - KØFJ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] DXCC
Do a DXCC report submittal. Be sure to right click the listing so you can print it both to your printer and to a file for safekeeping. It will take the last confirmed qsl card for each country that you have 100 or more and give you a complete listing. Works great if you are also doing Mixed, Phone, or CW submittals, also. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kenth Johansson Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:42 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] DXCC I know this has been discussed before but I´ve can´t find the information. I intend to apply for DXCC 20 and 15 meters for the first time. How do I configure the search filter to get a list of one confirmed QSO for each country on one band at a time. Any help? Kenth sm6dyk ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
Re[2]: [Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6
If you have logs that go back many years, DX4WIN has the ONLY solution that will work properly. I have KA1S from Minami Torishima in 1977, Germany (deleted), Czechoslovakia (deleted), P2 (Papua) deleted, ZD4 (Gold Goast) deleted, Y2 (East Germany) deleted, many VK9,VP8, CE9, old Russian calls, etc. that would only work properly with the DX4WIN merging scheme. I still have a few calls that I am unsure what country they are from and they can be found with a Prefix that is blank. The first time old logs are put in DX4WIN, the exception records are written for YOUR countries ONLY and the file is then merged with the new country list. A very nice solution. The differences are clearly shown for EACH and EVERY exception, which you can save to a file when you merge the files to determine exactly which exceptions you have. Other logging programs that attempt to be something to everyone for a country list make numerous mistakes to the correct country count. You may want to simply merge each of your old country files, print the exceptions, and determine if you have all of them in a single country file, then merge this with the .cty file that comes with 5.03. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Alkoff Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:20 AM To: Duane A Calvin Cc: dx4win Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Dx4win] QSL mgr update#6 On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:45:24 -0600, Duane A Calvin wrote: Larry - if you read the manual, you will see that the old country file is merged with the new one manually after the new version is installed. Paul may automate this in the future (I hope) but currently it's a manual task. Be sure to always install in a new directory, as the instructions note, so you don't overwrite anything. 73, Duane Unfortunately Duane I already made the mistake of installing DX4Win over itself when I changed the location of the \xxx\ham\ directory (twice!) which contains DX4Win. I just plain forgot about not installing with making provision for a merge. I _think_ there is a version of dx4win.cty in the shack that I copied over 6 months ago from my master house version of DX4Win that contains all the exceptions. It came from copying over both n2la.dxl and dx4win.cty from the master house version to update the shack for stuff like qsl's received, etc. When I'm sure of my ground I'll copy it back to the shack. However I'm not at all sure it's useful to worry about dx4win.cty. It seems to me that the log _already_ contains the exception data and that will not change. The only thing that might matter are new countries added of which there is only Ducie. It would be really nice if there was some way to compare two .cty files so the differences could be noted and dealt with. 73, Larry N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Fw: Previous CAll Same Call
Use the group name and you can display which call you worked the station under. This is part of the group number assignment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John R. Harvey Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:03 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Fw: Previous CAll Same Call - Forwarded message -- From: John R. Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:38:24 -0600 Subject: Previous CAll Same Call Is there any way to have the Same Call window show the PREVIOUS CALL as well? With all the Vanity Call changes ---this seems to be necessary. 73 John W9CY ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] PTT support by DX4WIN for FT1000MP
Using Windows 2000, I am using DTR on the Radio Com Port for CW keying through an opti-isolator on a FT1000MP. Is PTT supported by DX4WIN directly as a command to the radio (OPCODE OFH), support RTS for the PTT, or some other way other than the LPT port? The CW keying is working great (except the focus has to be on the function key window to operate), but have not been able to get the proper PTT operation working. It also seems that when DX4WIN uses the DTR line to send CW, it does not use the RTS line to do PTT. Also when running PSK31, the PTT must be on a separate Com port than the radio. If I am going to have to devote TWO Com Ports to the radio, then I will use the first for radio control and cw keying from the DTR line and the second Com port for PTT from the RTS line and FSK keying from the Tx line. DX4WIN does not appear to support a second Com port for PTT (or any Com port for that matter). PTT, fortunately, works great in WriteLog which handles Com Ports with a selection matrix which allows you to use any combination of Com ports for CW keying, Radio Control, and PTT. Am I missing something or does DX4WIN require 2 com ports to run PSK31 with radio control and PTT and DX4WIN will not do PTT with cw keying on a Com Port? I prefer NOT to use the Line Printer (LPT) ports for this, or any other function, other than printing.
[Dx4win] Cut off the speaker when transmitting PSK31.
Is your microphone on? I hear people talking in the background with PSK31 because they did not remove their microphone. On a FT1000MP, if you simply turn down the volume, the output power also drops to zero. I have a Heil headset and simply unplug it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:38 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Cut off the speaker when transmitting PSK31. Hi, While transmitting PSK31 using dx4win I wanted to mute the speaker from the sound system. But if I use the mixer volume control to do this the TX level drops as well. If I check the mute on the mixer volume control the TX is dead. So how do I kill the howl while transmitting. It's quite annoying. The speakers do not have a mute switch. The speaker's volume control is non functional as I have an amplifier in the sound system and as such the speaker's power amp is switched off. I hope it's not another Compaq feature Regards, John K1JEB ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:38 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Cut off the speaker when transmitting PSK31. Hi, While transmitting PSK31 using dx4win I wanted to mute the speaker from the sound system. But if I use the mixer volume control to do this the TX level drops as well. If I check the mute on the mixer volume control the TX is dead. So how do I kill the howl while transmitting. It's quite annoying. The speakers do not have a mute switch. The speaker's volume control is non functional as I have an amplifier in the sound system and as such the speaker's power amp is switched off. I hope it's not another Compaq feature Regards, John K1JEB ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Full Import of WriteLog V10 for ARRL DX Phone and CW log files to DX4WIN with frequency, exchange, and sequence numbers
I was not satisfied with the export ADIF from Writelog and Import ADIF to DX4WIN to import the WriteLog logs from the ARRL CW and PHO DX Contests this year. I made a new filter for DX4WIN inport to add the power exchange (RCVD, Sequence Number, Received Frequency, and Transmit Frequency for uploading WriteLog files into DX4WIN for the ARRL CW and PHONE DX Contests. The following notes may help someone else who wants to do the same thing: Export your Writelog as .wk1 format and open in Microsoft EXCEL. (I put both CW and PHO logs in same EXCEL listing to import all at once.) Do a find and replace on the column with PH to change to PHO (DX4WIN import filter does not recognize PH as Phone.) Delete the header's) and double click each column to get minimum column width. Format the frequency columns and set to NUMBER formatting. Format the RST and SEQ numbers as Text so they will left justify. Save log in space delimited format (.prn) Copy any filter that uses an ASCII file. I used ARRL Contest Submission. Select Edit from the pull down menu and change the title to ARRL DX 2002 PHO and CW Change the suffix on the file on this same window from TXT to PRN. I have listed the Position numbers I used, but these may vary depending on the width of the columns that you have in your spreadsheet. Mine was minimal, but those with over 1000 contacts will have 4 digit sequence numbers and those that operated 160 may need to adjust the band filter. Set up Band from 16/80/40 (Mine was Position 20 with a length of 2, but I don't use 160 so you may have to change this one) Next set up call sign (Mine was Position 63 with a length of 10) Next set up date a -mm-dd (Mine was Position 28 and the length was automatically set to 10) Next set up mode CW-PHO-FSK (Mine was Position 23 with the length automatically set to 3) Note 1 to be stored with QSO set up (Mine was Position 1 with length of 3) This stores the log sequence number of the qso in the notes field, but those with over 999 qsos will need 4 digits here. Note 2 to be stored with QSO notes set up (Mine was Position 12 with length of 8) This stores the receive frequency in the notes. Note 3 to be stored with QSO notes set up (Mine was Position 4 with a length of 8) This stores the transmit frequency in the notes. This will give both frequencies where split operation was used. Next set up RECEIVED (Mine was position 79 with a length of 4) This stores the Power of Anything else you wrote for the DX power or State for DX). Next set up RSTR (Mine was 77 with a length of 3) This is the RST you received from the DX Station. Next set up RSTS (Mine was 74 with a length of 3) This is the RST you sent to the DX station. Next set up the time in HH:MM (Mine was 38 with a length of 5 automatically set). Next put in the Prefix (Mine was 116 with a length of 4) Save the filter and exit. Import the .prn file. Save a copy of your log file before the imports so you can start over easily. If you get any errors, check them out very carefully and then fix the filter until you have no errors. I also added a group number for each contest so they show up in the Same Call Window as ARRL DX CW Contest or ARRL DX PHO Contest. The change group command makes this very easy to do after you set up the edit group names and selection.
[Dx4win] Reports blanked out after contest
Hi Margaret I also used Writelog during the ARRL CW and Phone DX Contests. I would do a search of your computer for *.wl to find all of your writelog logs. They should be about 70K or so in size for 300 contacts. Open Writelog, and it will ask if you want to use a current log, which it keeps listed or start a new one. Use a current one if one is available in the list. If one is not listed, then use the open command to find the ones you already have saved and found with the search *.wl. WriteLog is pretty forgiving and keeps a copy of all unsaved contacts, so it is kind of hard to lose a log during a contest, but hope you did save your log at the start of the contest. If you find the log and can look through it and find all of your contacts, use the export command to export a Cabrillo file which will be in test format. If you are able to do that, you should be able to create a summary report, although the Cabrillo file contains your score and all of the data needed to derive the other reports. You should also export a ADIF formatted copy of your log and you can then get most of the data into your DX4WIN logbook. It will not do the exchange (Power) or the exact frequency in the notes without a lot of mumbo jumbo (unfortunately). The import filter for WriteLog is not really useful, but the import ADIF gets the main data from the contest logs. Hope your WriteLog logfiles are ok and you are able to recover all the data from the contests. The WriteLog site has a very detailed help file that you can download and print and it is a pretty good manual for the software. Wendell Wyly W5FL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Margaret Soper Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:09 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Reports blanked out after contest Help. I'm having a problem. I just worked ARRL DX contest with Write Log. Now I find that I don't have any report.s. The Parameter setting shows no score - is a blank, also no Multiples showing, and nothing on a Summary Report. I did look at 'Edit QSO Exchange Fields' and nothing was checked off except Print. Is this where I goofed. ! This is where I admit , that having had no Manual and also no move by move instruction on how to set things up before a contest - I have optimistically assumed that it was done for me automatically with each contest. I have done several contests before this one. I worked quite hard for my 330 contacts (tear!) Margaret ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Importing ADIF from into DX4WIN
You can set the import to not overwrite any qso's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred W Hoffert Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:26 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Importing ADIF from into DX4WIN When I first set up DX4WIN I imported my log from DXLOG. All was OK (mostly). But, when I was using DXLOG I would only import contest Qs that were needed for new ones or new band countries. Now I would like to import the full contest logs. Question: Will importing the entire log now overwrite the Qs already in DX4WIN or will the new import create duplicate contacts? I don't want to lose the status of those Qs already in DX4WIN, some of which are already confirmed. 73 and thanks, Fred/NA2U CWMAN...I'D RATHER WORK CW!!! Je mange donc je suis. Good wine is a necessity of life for me.--Thomas Jefferson GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Kind of off topic
I also suffered through a Compaq Presario. Never bothered to call them, but it took them 6 months to finally resolve their bios problems and proprietary software problems (the little check for software updates). The do post their updates on the web, so you can keep up with their fixes. After they finally got their system to the point that it was releasable, it worked ok. They refused to support Windows 2000 Prof. The reason primarily was that they were unable to answer the questions that it presented to their technical staff and they did not have drivers for some of their peripheral cards. The only help I can offer is for Windows 2000, although Windows 98 is similar, and your system probably came with that wonderful operation system XT (slightly glorified Windows 2000). Most bios' allow you to turn off the plug and play (very unreliable in a real time environment anyway). The biggest problem you will have is getting the COM ports worked out properly since the Compaq only comes with one or at most two com ports. It is easy to build a simple box to take the DTR line and key a transistor (or Opto-isolator) for keying the xmitter for cw and taking the RTS line and keying the Push to Talk line - all off of the same com port. Unfortunately DX4WIN does not yet support the Push to Talk line in CW and the WinPSK plug in does not allow the PTT to be on the same com port as the radio. They do support using a LPT port for that, but that is way too much trouble to use a LPT port when you are also using a printer on that port. So I had to use two com ports to do these functions. I also use WriteLog and it DOES allow you to use a single com port for PTT, Radio Control, and Keying the Xmtr in CW mode. DX4WIN is really a very easy program to start up. It allow you to use a TNC for the packet input (recommended) and also use the Internet Connection through the RTTY screen by setting the com port in preferences to TCP/IP. Strange, but it works really well. I do not run RTTY with DX4WIN (no TNC for that mode), but use MMTTY and soundcard with WriteLog. It is possible to run MMTTY with DX4WIN, but it is a hardware solution using a couple of extra com ports to interface the two programs. Clean if you have them to spare. I am already using six com ports now. Don't know what program you have been using for logging, but the first order of business should be to import your old log files and then check very very carefully that you have the correct country count as you thought you had for each mode and band. The reason is that many of the old countries will not come across correctly since the assignments have changed in recent years. For instance my Okinawa was a KA1 which is now a USA call area. The same is true for many other countries if you have many old ones, you need to check your logs very carefully. Once you get everything imported correctly, the program does a very good job of keeping up with DXCC submittals, countries worked, qsl's sent and received, etc. Good luck with your new DX4WIN program. I am sure you will never regret your investment in this program. Wendell Wyly W5FL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:25 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Getting dx4win up for the first time. Now that I have my Compaq Presario running correctly. I'm going to install dx4win for the 1st time. This program seems complex. I will be interfacing the CI-V with an IC-765. How or what should I configure in dx4win? Any pitfalls I need to look for? I will be mainly working SSB, PSK31 and some CW. Regards, John K1JEB ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Packet spotting colors etc
1) Would much prefer to see NEW MODE as the number two priority (the BLUE LINE has been a wonderful feature for the last few years) and the country not confirmed should definitely be moved to a lower priority as it will stay up there for months (or years) for the new dxers that qsl via the buro. 2) Would like to have the capability to turn off the band/mode priority as it simply causes you to work a station on every band and every mode when only once per mode and once per band will count for anything for DXCC. The same is true for not confirmed on band/mode which tries to confirm every mode for every band resulting in sending out too many qsl cards that have no value when received. Wendell W5FL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul van der Eijk Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:52 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Packet spotting colors etc Hi, I have reviewed many suggestions to change / improve the color scheme for the spotting window. Some of these suggestions are in conflict with each other, some come from the novice DXers others from honor roll members etc. So I hope that the following proposal makes sense, and covers most of your needs. To support this, I have added 2 more categories, a column in the spotting window indicating the priority (1..8) and the ability to change the font color and the background color. If you have any comments, thoughts etc. please reply to the reflector only, and on this topic only. There were plenty of other proposals for new features (for which I keep a separate email folder), but this is now my highest priority. Paul All the following categories take the station band / mode settings and the award settings for bands and modes into account. Also, when you only allow for spots from certain countries and/or zones that filter will be applied as well. (Substitute country by Zone or by WPX prefix for the other color schemes available) Modes refers to major modes only (Phone, CW and RTTY) 1 New country or callsign alert Callsign alert is not limited by station or award band/mode or spotter country/zone 2 Country not confirmed (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8) 3 New band Never worked this country on this band 4 New mode Never worked this country using this mode 5 New band/mode combination Never worked this country using this band/mode combination 6 Worked one or more stations using this band/mode combination but none of these contacts have been confirmed. (The same callsign and band/mode combination is category 8) 7 Did not work this callsign in this band/mode combination 8 The rest A. Worked this callsign in this band/mode combination B. The band/mode combination is not enabled in station preferences or for the award C. The spot came from a region (country or zone) that was not enabled. Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] dx4win
Simply do a DXCC submittal. Check the submittal form that appears. Right Click and Print the form. You can also save a copy of it to a file, which I would definitely recommend. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of wo2n Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:26 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] dx4win Submission (DXCC, WAZ): Does DX4WIN print an application form to submit with the cards? If so please where? Thanks, Bernie/WO2N. ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use?
Interesting that DX4WIN no longer replies to the writer of the message, but to the whole group. I have DX4WIN and Writelog on an Athlon 1600 system running under Windows 2000. It is an excellent operating system. There are few advantanges and lots of disadvantages to go to XP Pro, and I would not even bother with XP home. You can buy Windows 2000 Pro as an OEM package for a little over $100 making it a very real bargain as well as a very stable operating system with good support. The LPT Issue is simply that Wayne chooses not to write a driver for the LP port to support Writelog. Has nothing to do with the operating system and I am sure he will eventually get around to it. In the meantime the serial ports do everything the LPT ports do for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stan Staten Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 4:50 PM To: DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use? I am posting this to both Writelog and DX4WIN. I am building an new AMD 1500 system for use here in the shack. There has been a lot of discussion of which operating systems work best or have problems (like LPT CW keying). I am now faced with the choice of WIN98SE, WIN2K, WIN XP Pro and Home. Which one should I use? Looking for advice. To conserve bandwidth it may be best to send any thoughts or suggestions you may have directly to me rather than posting it. Thanks in advance 73 Stan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
